His basic point is that he was elected, he was trying to reform the judiciary, and the old dictatorship staged a coup. Now he’s asking for elections, as are the thousands of Maldivians in the streets (given that it’s a small country, it’s a lot).

After achieving a Maldivian Spring to gain elections, after the death of a young boy in police custody, the Maldives faces a Winter after a police coup. As Anni says:

The principle is clear: democratically elected governments can only be removed by the people who elected them, not by force of arms. (Foreign Policy)